Cloisonné-One of the Eight-Uniqueness of Beijing

As the ancient capital, Beijing is the place where skillful crafts men meet and communicate in historical times. Its royal and folk artistic styles are very strong and have the typical characeristics of Beijing Works. Among them, the Eight-Uniqueness ot Beijing, which includes cloisonné, jade carving, ivory carving, carved lacquerware, gold lacquer inlay, decorative pattern inlay, imperial blanket and imperial embroidery, is famous as early as the early 19th century, such as the large ivory carving ＂Cheng-Kung Railroad＂.

Assessment of landscape ecology of agricultural protection forest system at Beizang Town, Daxing County, Beijing

Based on theories of protective forests and landscape ecology, the reasonableness of structures and patterns of shelterbelt system at Beizang Town, Daxing County, Beijing were analyzed and assessed from the two scales of forest belts and networks, by integrating uses of field investigation, GIS and RS techniques. Results showed that the existent main belt (3-12 m in width) was too narrow, while the assistant belt (3-27.1 m in width) was too wide; the species composition of the existent shelterbelts was single, and the structures and patterns of the shelterbelt system were unreasonable. It is suggested that the structure of the main and the assistant belts should be changed, such as increasing the width of main belts, decreasing the width of assistant belt, and planting more mixed species, and the pattern with arbores in the middle and shrubs in the sides of belts could be taken into account. For the landscape structure of forest network after regenerating or reconstruction, the grid number of closed network should be 13 per km2 and the minimum number of belts should be 34 per km2. This study also testified that integrating GIS and remote technique with landscape ecology could provide an effective method for reasonable reconstruction of the structures and patterns of shelterbelts system.

Simulation of Land-use Scenarios for Beijing Using CLUE-S and Markov Composite Models

This study investigated and simulated land use patterns in Beijing for the year 2000 and the year 2005 from the actual land use data for the year 1995 and the year 2000,respectively,by combining spatial land allocation simulation using the CLUE-S model,and numerical land demand prediction using the Markov model.The simulations for 2000 and 2005 were confirmed to be generally accurate using Kappa indices.Then the land-use scenarios for Beijing in 2015 were simulated assuming two modes of development:1) urban development following existing trends;and 2) under a strict farmland control.The simulations suggested that under either mode,urbanized areas would expand at the expense of land for other uses.This expansion was predicted to dominate the land-use conversions between 2005 and 2015,and was expected to be accompanied by an extensive loss of farmland.The key susceptible to land-use changes were found to be located at the central urban Beijing and the surrounding regions including Yanqing County,Changping District and Fangshan District.Also,the simulations predicted a considerable expansion of urban/suburban areas in the mountainous regions of Beijing,suggesting a need for priority monitoring and protection.

A comparison of landscaping plant utilization in some residential quarters in Beijing

A dwelling district is the most direct space of people’s living environment. The environmental construction should take the improvement and maintenance of the ecologically balance in housing estate as its aim and the coexistence between man and nature as its goal. By making an analysis of the current situation of afforestation, landscape, functional requirements and humanistic environment of the six residential quarters of Huilongguan Fengyayuan, Sainaweila,Xinxinjiayuan of the Asian Games, and others in Beijing, this paper presents an arrangement mode of plants in dwelling districts.

Correlation Between Economic Development Level and Landscape Pattern in Beijing Peri-urban Areas

With the rapid changes of demographic and socio-economic structure, various ecological and environmental problems have emerged in peri-urban areas. Studies on the correlation between socio-economic development and eco-environmental preservation are inadequate. This paper analyzes the landscape pattern of peri-urban areas to address this issue. First, it studies the differentiation of economic development levels in Beijing peri-urban areas. Then, it explores the correlation between economic development level of each town and its landscape pattern using Pearson Correlation and grade difference indices. Furthermore, it summarizes the problems within current landscape pattern. Three conclusions are drawn from the analysis: (1) on the whole, the economic de- velopment level in Beijing peri-urban areas basically matches with landscape pattern; (2) landscape contagion degree decreases with the growth of economic development level in as much as 30% of Beijing peri-urban areas. This is an irrational phenomenon accord- ing to our judgment; (3) landscape fragmentation grades in more than half of the towns are higher than their economic development grades, suggesting that attention should be paid to excessive fragmentation of land use.

Ecologically based landscape pattern optimization in northwest of Beijing

Supported by the technologies of remote sensing(RS) and geographical informa-tion system(GIS),we chose northwest of Beijing as a study area and gave priority to under-standing of the spatial-temporal characteristics of landscape pattern change through visually interpreted Landsat TM images of 1989,1996 and 2005.It is believed that there were a series of landscape ecological problems caused by city expansion:landscape ecological connec-tivity was low;landscape structure was simplified;the fragmentation of green land patch was more obvious on the plain areas,moreover,spatial distribution of green land was unbalanced.For this reason,this study adopted accumulative cost distance model,combined with eco-system services and spatial interactions of landscape types,analyzed the spatial difference of the ecological function and the compactness of landscape structure in the study area,and further discussed the landscape pattern optimization proposal.We find that it is essential to protect and establish ecological sources,to establish urban ecological corridors,and to es-tablish ecological nodes at the landscape ecological strategic positions so as to intensify spatial relationships among landscape elements and maintain continuity of landscape eco-logical process and pattern in the course of city expansion.The methods and final results from this study are expected to be useful for landscape ecological planning in Beijing region.

The Evaluation of Urban Green Space Landscape Changes and Ecosystem Services in Beijing

As a very important part of the urban ecosystem,the urban green space system plays an active role in maintaining the urban ecosystem stability,providing ecosystem services,and improving the quality of the urban environment.In order to deal with the problems brought about by the deterioration of the urban ecological environment,it is necessary to study and analyze the spatial distribution pattern,evolutionary characteristics and ecosystem services of urban green space to maximize its ecological benefits and comprehensive functions.In this study,we took Beijing urban area as an example,and based on the spatial distribution data of urban green space and remote sensing data,we first calculated the urban green space type transition matrix,landscape pattern index and ecosystem services.Then,we analyzed the changes in urban green space landscape patterns,ecosystem services and their spatial distributions from 2000 to 2020,and studied the interactive relationships between landscape changes and changes in ecosystem services.The results showed three key findings.(1)Beijing’s urban green space construction has achieved remarkable results from 2000 to 2020.The area of green space has increased by 77.41%,mainly from cultivated land and construction land.(2)From 2000 to 2020,the amounts of dust retention,SO_(2) absorption,NO_(2) absorption,cooling and humidification,carbon fixation and oxygen release,and rainwater runoff reduction in Beijing’s urban green space have shown continuous increases in general.(3)There is a close relationship between urban green space landscape changes and green space ecosystem services,and total area(TA)has the highest correlation with ecosystem services.Except for rainwater runoff reduction,the correlation coefficients between TA and ecosystem services are all higher than 0.85.This research can provide theoretical guidance for optimizing Beijing’s green space and determining how to maximize the effect of green space for improving the ecological environment,and ultimately provide a scientific basis for the construction of Beijing’s ecological environment.